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Resort Center Yamagata Hawaii Dreamland

Resort
Center Yamagata Hawaii Dreamland

Yamagata,
Japan. 1966-1967

Architect:
Kisho Kurokawa

"This building is
based on a Metabolic Architecture of Cell. It is also a Ring Architecture (Loop
Architecture) of circulation. Architecture of no-center is another
manifesto of the “Age of Life.” The origins of Japanese leisure
activities were pilgrimages and excursion trips. Travel and recreation are related
to religion, pleasure and romance. This plan signifies architecture for
travelers. People move around inside the center which is filled with entertainment
facilities."

The Hawaii Dreamland works with three different concepts that were
present at Japan during the 1960s. First, the project attempted to people who
were starting to travel at the end of the postwar in Japan. The Hawaii
Dreamland introduced them into a new utopian dream of leisure and rest.
Moreover, the principles of metabolism are applied to the building: an
architecture that can grow and change using the circulation to construct its
shape. Finally, Kurokawa introduced nature on his projects, moving away of the industrial aesthetic that prevailed in
many of his designs.

The building was demolished around 1975 and some residential towers were
built on the site.